After two weeks in France, I realized a few interesting things:
1. Northern France is pretty.
2. There is a noticeable difference in how people treat you when you are a lone male. American traveling versus traveling with three cute girls. I've seen some French stereotypes come true this week. I caught a dirty look when I asked for my steak medium-well (which is basically raw), and couldn't get into an empty restaurant because it was too "busy" :). It also might be because I was traveling with a Brit and German though. Either way, interesting.
3. Spending almost two weeks in a dog food factory made me realize that (a) I miss Lolly, and (b) I'm glad I work with cereal.
4. Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream is awesome (as is the factory)!
5. There are no bread plates in France. It is customary to put your bread directly on the table.
6. Lastly, there were a couple notable similarities to Italy:
a. Your change is always put on the counter (not in your hand).
b. There is a lot of graffiti. Someone even graffitied my picture:
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